Endwalker Gearing Guide (2024)

This guide serves as an introduction to gearing and details how to acquire levelingand endgame gear in the latest expansion, Endwalker. Additionally, we will go overthe various methods of gearing and how to quickly and efficiently gear your jobsup to tackle more challenging duties.

Players who are already familiar with FFXIV's vertical progression system canhead to the gearing section to see how to gearup in the latest patch.

Equipment is divided into weapon and armour. All jobs except Paladin havea single weapon slot, while Paladin has both a Sword main-hand and a Shieldoff-hand. Armour is divided into armour and accessories, commonly referred toas left-side and right-side gear as they are displayed on the left and rightin the character menu, respectively. Each has five slots: Head, Chest, Arms,Legs, and Feet for armour, as well as Earrings, Necklace, Bracelet, and two Ringsfor accessories.

Each piece of gear will denote the affinity of the equipment, which describes what classesor jobs can equip it. Gear is divided into sets based on role: Tanks, Healers,Caster DPS, and Ranged Physical DPS all have their own sets, while Melee DPS havea unified accessory set but are split based on their armour sets.

Gear progression is based on item level, commonly referred to i# or iL#. Forexample, if a piece of gear is i560, its item level is 560. The higher the itemlevel, the stronger the piece of equipment is. Upgrading gear is verystraightforward in FFXIV. Endgame gear with higher item levels can be acquiredfrom various types of content. Increasing your item level is important, as allduties have a required minimum item level, although this can be bypassed whenqueueing with a full premade party.

The maximum item level is increased during each expansion and each patch whichintroduces a new Savage raid tier. The base item level for that patch's contentis the maximum armour item level for the previous patch cycle plus 10. Onodd-numbered patches, the maximum item level is not increased. However, moreways to upgrade gear are introduced. Best-in-slot (BiS) gear, or the strongestgear that is available in a patch, is generally a mix of gear acquired withcapped currency and acquired from Savage raids.

If you examine your gear, you will notice that each piece has materia slots.Materia are gems that are inserted into gear to gain additional substats. Afterplayers acquire endgame gear, they must get materia to meld into them tomaximize their potential and customize stats to suit their job's needs. Gearacquired from raids generally has one or two materia slots, but certain pieces havethree or even five guaranteed slots. Each piece of crafted gear has five slots in total.

Players can meld gear at any Materia Melder NPC in major cities or bythemselves if they have a crafter job leveled to the appropriate level. Crafterscan also overmeld crafted gear, allowing them to put up to five materiain them.

Materia comes in ten grades, and the current endgame materia in Endwalker areGrade IX and Grade X materia. Grade X gives the highest substats, while GradeIX materia are strictly used for overmelding.

Melding gear is extremely important for endgame content, as it gives manysubstats. Materia meld priorities for jobs can be found on our job guides.Players can acquire materia from a variety of sources.

• All max level dungeons randomly drop materia, which can be either grade.
• The Adventurer in Need bonus for Duty Roulette: Leveling and Duty Roulette:Alliance rewards Cracked Anthocluster and Cracked Dendrocluster,which can be traded in for combat-based varieties of materia.
• Hunts reward many materia, including the currencylisted above that can be traded for materia of the player's choice.
• Players can extract fully spiritbound gear for materia.
• Wondrous Tails commendations can be tradedin for materia currency.
• Materia can easily be bought from other players on the market board with gil.

Gear can be acquired from a variety of sources in FFXIV.

1. Dropped in dungeons;
2. Dropped in Extreme Trials, or purchased with tokens from those trials;
3. Dropped in raids, or purchased with tokens from those raids;
4. Crafted by Disciples of the Hand;
5. Purchased with Allagan Tomestones.

To learn more about the different types of content and how to acquire loot fromthem, visit our raiding loot and lockouts page.

Dungeon gear is generally the weakest option out of all the endgame gear sets.However, dungeon gear serves as a decent stepping stone for leveling forthe expansion launch and for players who are catching up to the currentpatch cycle. These drop from dungeon treasure coffers, and players whocomplete a leveling dungeon will receive a random piece for theirjob that they do not already have. To learn more about dungeons in Endwalker,visit our Endwalker dungeon guide!

Extreme Trials mainly reward weapons, although certain trials will rewardaccessories and even armour. These duties and their weapons serve as a precursorto Savage raiding, and the difficulty of Extreme Trials is certainly a step upfrom all other non-Savage content in the game. Visit our Trials hub to learnmore about the Extreme Trials available in Endwalker.

Raid gear can be acquired on a weekly lockout. There are three types of raidsplayers can acquire gear from: Normal Raids, Alliance Raids, and Savage Raids.Normal Raids and Alliance Raids are of low difficulty and can be done throughthe duty finder on a weekly basis, while Savage Raids are much more difficult -it is recommended to form a premade party to challenge them. The gear acquiredfrom Savage raids is some of the strongest gear available in a patch andforms a majority of the best-in-slot gear set a player can acquire. To learnmore about raids, visit our Endwalker raiding hub.

Crafted gear forms the cornerstone of raid progression. Crafted gear can beacquired for any job and is essentially unlimited with no lockout, so playerscan acquire crafted gear at any point for any job they would like. Inaddition, crafted gear is at the same item level of gear acquired through theNormal difficulty raid.

As the name denotes, crafted gear is made by Disciples of the Hand withmaterials purchased with Allagan Tomestones and those gathered by Disciples ofthe Land. Players without access to crafters or friends who are crafters willneed to purchase these from other players on the market board. These recipesrequire the crafter and gatherer to have high stats, but the payoff is wellworth it. To learn more about endgame crafting, visit our Endwalker craftingguide.

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Gear purchased with capped Allagan Tomestones is generally the first major upgradeplayers will acquire. Capped tomestone gear is ten item levels higher thancrafted gear or gear acquired from Normal Raids and can be upgraded further withupgrade materials acquired from Savage Raids or Alliance Raids. Upgraded gearfrom Allagan Tomestones forms the other half of best-in-slot gear that can beacquired.

Uncapped Allagan Tomestones can be used to purchase gear or can be used topurchase materials needed for crafted gear. The tomestone vendor Cihanti islocated in Radz-at-Han (x10.8, y10.3) and services both types of tomestones.

The most efficient way to acquire the capped Allagan Tomestones is to unlock andcomplete Duty Roulette: Expert. The dungeons reward 50 tomestones, and the roulettereward 40 for a total of 90, so it takes five roulettes a week to cap tomestones!It also rewards a great deal of uncapped tomestone both from the roulette andthe duty. To learn more about Allagan Tomestones, visit our Currencies page.

Patch 6.0 is the first patch of Endwalker, and with it comes a massive itemlevel increase. Players will be given many equipment coffers as they progressthrough the MSQ. Between these coffers and dungeon drops, players will catch-upif needed and stay up-to-date with their item level as they approach Level 90.

Once players reach Level 89, they will receive their Artifact Gear from avendor (Varsarudh) in Old Sharlayan. This includes a full set of item level 560 armourand a weapon. This will be serviceable left side equipment for the entirety ofendgame released so far.

Once players reach the level cap, they will be able to start acquiring strongeraccessories. The level cap dungeons will drop item level 560 accessories, although thering is unique. Additionally, unlocking and completing the two level cap dungeonsis necessary to unlock Duty Roulette: Expert.

At this point, players can start farming uncapped tomestones to purchase item level 570Moonward gear. In addition, players can tackle the two Extreme Trials in orderto acquire an item level 580 weapon and item level 580 accessories, which are the strongest gearfor their slots available so far. Gear up and prepare for the release ofPandaemonium: Asphodelos!

Patch 6.1 is the second patch of Endwalker. As it is an odd-numbered patch,there is no item level increase. Instead, returning players will find new contentcatered towards catching players up to the max item level of the patch in orderto prepare for the next raid patch.

Players can do the Hunt or the new Alliance Raid, Aglaia, in order to acquiretokens to upgrade gear purchased with Allagan Tomestones of Astronomy to itemlevel 600. Players can upgrade all gear in this method, except a single ring.

Alt jobs are much easier to gear as well, as Savage's loot lockout has beenremoved and item level 590 upgraded crafted gear is able to be acquired bytrading in i580 crafted gear and tokens purchased with Allagan Tomestones ofAphorism.

Players can tackle the new EX trial in order to acquire an item level 595weapon.

Patch 6.2 is the third patch of Endwalker. The maximum item level was raisedby 30, and a new raid tier was introduced: Abyssos. In addition, a new cappedtomestone was introduced - Allagan Tomestones of Causality. Players should aimto cap these tomestones every week by running Duty Roulette: Expert as usual.These allow players to purchase item level 620 gear.

At a baseline level, item level 610 gear can be acquired by crafting them orpurchasing them with tokens rewarded from Pandaemonium: Abyssos (Normal). Thereis a weekly lockout on tokens, but gear is able to be acquired relatively quicklyand players should find their jobs at item level 610 with a few lockouts.

At this point, stronger gear can be acquired by tackling more challengingduties. The new Extreme trial, Storm's Crown (Extreme), will drop item level 615weapons. The new Savage raid tier will drop item level 630 gear.

Patch 6.3 is the fourth patch of Endwalker. As it is an odd-numbered patch,there is no item level increase. Instead, returning players will find new contentcatered towards catching players up to the max item level of the patch in orderto prepare for the next raid patch.

Players can do the Hunt or the new Alliance Raid, Euphrosyne, in order toacquire tokens to upgrade gear purchased with Allagan Tomestones of Causalityto item level 630. Players can upgrade all tomestone gear through this methodexcept a single ring.

Other jobs become easier to gear as well. Savage's loot lockout will beremoved later in the patch, and item level 620 upgraded crafted gear will beable to be acquired by trading in item level 610 crafted gear and tokenspurchased with Allagan Tomestones of Astronomy.

In addition, a new Extreme trial will be released. Players can attempt thisduty in order to acquire an item level 625 weapon.

Patch 6.4 is the fifth patch of Endwalker. The maximum item level was raisedby 30, and a new raid tier was introduced: Anabaseios, which is the final tierof Pandaemonium. Again, a new capped tomestone was introduced - AllaganTomestones of Comedy. Players should aim to cap these tomestones every week byrunning Duty Roulette: Expert as usual. These allow players to purchase itemlevel 650 gear.

At a baseline level, item level 640 gear can be acquired by crafting them orpurchasing them with tokens rewarded from Pandaemonium: Anabaseios (Normal). Thereis a weekly lockout on tokens, but gear is able to be acquired relatively quicklyand players should find their jobs at item level 640 with a few lockouts. Gettingto item level 640 will allow players to access all content released in thepatch.

At this point, stronger gear can be acquired by tackling more challengingduties. The new Extreme trial, The Voidcast Dais (Extreme), will drop item level645 weapons. The new Savage raid tier will drop item level 660 gear.

Patch 6.5 is the sixth and final major patch of Endwalker. As it is an odd-numberedpatch, there is no item level increase. Instead, returning players will find newcontent catered towards catching players up to the max item level of the patchin order to prepare for the next expansion, Dawntrail. While baseline item level640 gear is sufficient for the release of Dawntrail, acquiring item level 660gear will let you skip upgrading your gear until the second or third dungeon.

Item level 640 gear can be acquired with no lockout from the third tier ofthe raid, Anabaseios. These fights can now be farmed with no restrictions, soreturning players can easily acquire baseline item level gear without spendingany gil. Read up on the fights on our Raids page for a refresher on the content.

Players can do the Hunt or the new Alliance Raid, Thaleia, in order toacquire tokens to upgrade gear purchased with Allagan Tomestones of Comedyto item level 660. Players can upgrade all tomestone gear through this methodexcept a single ring. Players can also acquire item level 650 gear from Thaleiaitself to use for main jobs or alt jobs.

Other jobs become easier to gear as well. Savage's loot lockout will beremoved later in the patch, and item level 650 upgraded crafted gear will beable to be acquired by trading in item level 640 crafted gear and tokenspurchased with Allagan Tomestones of Causality.

Players can purchase an item level 650 weapon with Allagan Tomestones of Comedyafter doing four weeks of Anabaseios: The Twelfth Circle. Alternatively, playerslooking for a challenge can defeat Zeromus in the Abyssal Fracture (Extreme) toacquire an item level 655 weapon. Later in the patch, players will be able topurchase the upgrade item for weapons through Hunts or Alliance Raid tokens.This will give easy access to a strong item level 660 weapon for all jobs.